Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering

SOFT SOIL ENGINEERING (BFG 40603)

QUIZ 2

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Q1. Figure 1 shows a diagram of prefabricated vertical drain. Given: rw = 0.2 m, rs = 0.3 m, de = 5 m, cv =
ch = 0.3m2/month, kh/kh’ = 2 and H = 6 m.

Determine the degree of consolidation in the horizontal direction only for the clay layer after six months
of surcharge application. Please ignore the well resistance effect.

ch t
Formula: Th =
4re 2